Yesterday my daughter auditioned for a local Summer production of Les Misérables. She’s going for Madame Thénardier, partly because she’ll get to swear on stage 1. In preparation for her audition we rented the recent movie version of the musical. It’s visually stunning, and Anne Hathaway absolutely nails Fantine, but overall I didn’t care for…
Category: Thoughts
Whatever
I missed participating in the theotek podcast last night, things are a little hectic around these parts and it just didn’t work out. Today I tuned in 1 to see what I missed and, thanks to the diagramming work of Kevin Purcell, I literally saw something. Kevin was using Philippians 4:8-9 as an example, and…
Spring in the step
After a week of clouds it’s been nice to see the Sun 1. The last two days I’ve been out with my camera as the Sun began to dip toward the horizon 2, and captured some of my first “green” images of the growing season. Tree bark continues to fascinate me, especially Oak Tree Bark….
It’s Civil War!
Thursday night I grabbed my kids and headed to the theater to catch a late-night showing of Captain America: Civil War. It was well worth the late night. I’ll give you fair warning now there will be spoilers ahead. Non-spoiler thoughts The Screen The only showing which fit our schedule was in a 3d IMAX…
Post 1000
It’s difficult to believe my first post on this blog was on March 28, 2008 – over eight years ago! I’ve not always been a frequent poster – in fact, in 2014 only seven entries were added – but even in my slowest times I’ve looked to writing as a primary means of self-expression. Sometimes…
What a weekend
It was an incredibly busy, yet rewarding, weekend. Allow me to reflect 1. First, the week of insane allergy attacks put me a day behind in productivity. I normally write my sermon Thursday morning, then go do some other pastoral tasks like visitation and general information processing. Friday mornings I edit my first draft and…
